Our Postpartum Doula Team
A professional postpartum doula is like a trusted family member or friend -- except that they are trained in the most current, safe, evidence-informed ways to care for new parents and babies. Whether this is your first or fifth baby, a postpartum doula is there to serve as your family needs, tailoring each care experience to your individual preference.
Beginning with the care of new parents and the newborn, postpartum doulas help to guide you through the early days of nursing/feeding, diaper changes, lack of sleep, and questions about baby care. Postpartum doulas help with light household tasks like dishes, laundry, tidying, or preparing snacks / light meals. Often families want assistance with older siblings so they don't feel left out when the baby arrives.
Whatever your family's needs, a postpartum doula is there to provide steady, reliable support so that your transition into this chapter of parenthood is as stress free as possible.
Jesse Waller, PD, CILFS, LMT
Jesse (she/they) is a professional birth doula (toLabor), postpartum doula (Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings), certified Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist (Manhattan Birth), and licensed massage therapist dedicated to providing trauma-informed, compassionate, and evidence based care to individuals of all genders, bodies, and family structures throughout the entire perinatal journey —from pregnancy through birth and into postpartum.
Jesse guides her approach from personal experiences of navigating stressful and isolated postpartum periods. Their own journey, including a planned home birth that transitioned to a hospital induction and unplanned cesarean, followed by a home birth VBAC, has deepened her understanding of the physical and emotional challenges individuals face while healing from birth. This firsthand knowledge fuels Jesse's commitment to providing empathetic and understanding support as people process their birth experiences and adjust to the expansion of their families.
Jesse's observations during their work with birth clients highlighted a crucial gap in care during the postpartum period, and a lack of consistent and family-centered feeding education for new parents. This realization further fueled her dedication to bridging these gaps, ensuring that individuals receive continuous support and education beyond the birthing experience. Jesse is committed to addressing the unique challenges of the postpartum period, providing guidance on feeding, and offering families affirmation of their own knowledge and abilities that they will carry with them into parenthood.
In addition to their core practices of birth and postpartum support, she has continued training in abortion support and infant massage. Originally from the west coast, Jesse lives in Richmond, VA with their two children, two loud dogs, and several houseplants in various states of aliveness. Her hobbies include baking, eating baked goods, and re-reading the same emotional support comfort novels while being constantly interrupted.
Click HERE to see Jesse's Doulamatch profile and learn more about birth and postpartum doula services.
Sarah Fielding, BS, CLC, PD
Sarah is a toLabor trained doula of five years, and is currently completing professional certification, and holds a Bachelors in Music Education from Virginia Commonwealth University, and is a Postpartum Doula trained through CAPPA.
Having experienced a wide variety of outcomes welcoming her own four children - one unmedicated hospital birth, one home birth transfer cesarean, and two home birth VBACs (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) - Sarah has learned there is no one right way to give birth, just what’s right for each parent and baby. She believes every family deserves unwavering support during the birth year. As a mother to four children, Sarah has nearly seven years of personal breastfeeding experience and is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) through the Healthy Children’s Project. She enjoys co-facilitating MyBirth VBAC and cesarean support group and loves holding space for parents’ stories and providing support on their healing journey, and trained in Acupressure for Birth Attendants with Dr. Keith Bell. Sarah also has extensive professional experience in facilitating parenting and breastfeeding social media groups. In addition to birth work, Sarah is the MyBirth office manager. She enjoys growing her community by volunteering as board treasurer at her children’s school, and while at home loves snuggling her Yorkie, cultivating her growing houseplant collection, and cooking for family and friends.
Click HERE to see Sarah's Doulamatch profile and learn more about birth and postpartum doula services.